Extractions: Jump to: navigation search Bullfighting Edouard Manet Bullfighting or tauromachy (from Greek tauromachia , "bull-fight"), is a traditional spectacle of Spain Portugal , some cities in southern France , and several Latin American countries. Its origin is unknown and there are several competing, opposed and inconclusive theories. The tradition, as it is practiced today, involves professional performers, toreros (also refered to as toreadors in English), who execute various formal moves with the goal of appearing graceful and confident, while masterful over the bull itself. Such maneuvers are performed at close range, and conclude often with the death of the bull by a well-placed sword thrust as the finale. In Portugal the finale consists of a tradition called the pega , where men ( forcados ) try to hold the bull by its horns when it runs at them. Forcados are dressed in a traditional costume of damask or velvet , with long knit hats as worn by the campinos (bull headers) from Ribatejo Bullfighting generates heated controversy in many areas of the world, including

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Extractions: Accommodation Destinations Education Entertainment ... Property Related Pages Bullfighting in Ronda Bullfighting Home Bullfighting Calendar Bullfighters ... Tickets Bullfighting - Home Why is it so popular? It's the national sport. It is gaining, not losing popularity. In the Mediterranean, sacrificing bulls is a practice dating back to pre-historic times. In Greece for example, killing the minotaur is symbolic of a bullfight. Bullfighting as we know it today, started in the village squares, and became formalised, with the building of the bullring in Ronda in the late 18th century. From that time, it began to follow a particular sequence of events: the entrance of the bull, the picador, the banderilleros, and finally the matador (bullfighter). Many of the picadors' horses were injured in the early days, so these heavy horses now wear protection. There are about 70 bullrings in Andalucia. Seville is the most important. Don't miss the week of fights which coincide with the

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Extractions: Home Contact Us About Us Map of Spain ... Site Search Guide to Bullfighting in Spain Bullfighting can be traced back to ancient days. They were popular spectacles in ancient Rome, but it was in the Iberian Peninsula that these contests were fully developed by the Moors from North Africa who overran Andalucia in AD 711. Bullfighting developed into a ritualistic occasion observed in connection with feast days, on which the conquering Moors, mounted on highly trained horses, confronted and killed the bulls. Today bullfighting is big business in Spain with the top matadores earning comparable salaries to the nation's top soccer stars and rock idols. History of Bullfighting

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Extractions: Bull fighting in Spain Bull fighting is very closely associated with Spain and can trace its origins back to 711 A.D. This is when the first bullfight took place in celebration for the crowning of King Alfonso VIII. It is very popular in Spain with several thousand Spaniards flocking to their local bull-ring each week. It is said that the total number of people watching bullfights in Spain reaches one million every year. Bullfighting was originally a sport for the aristocracy and took place on horseback. King Felipe V took exception to the sport however and banned the aristocracy from taking part, believing it to be a bad example to the public. After the ban commoners accepted the sport as their own and, since they could not afford horses, developed the practice of dodging the bulls on foot, unarmed. This transformation occurred around 1724. So what happens during a bullfight?:

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Extractions: This Fiesta could not exist without the Toro Bravo , a species of bull of an archaical race that is only conserved in Spain. Formerly this bull's forebears, the primitive urus , were spread out over wide parts of the world. Many civilizations revered to them, the bull-cultus at the Greek island Creta is quite well-known. The Bible reports on sacrifices of bulls in honour to the divine justice. Also in the religious ceremonies of Iberian tribes living in Spain in prehistorical times bulls played an important part.

Extractions: Moving to Spain Guide A-Z of Places in Spain Relocation Services Spanish Legal System ... Check the weather in Spain Bullfighting in Spain Alicante-Spain.com - Free Costa Blanca Spain Travel Guide Interesting and practical sightseeing tips on Alicante and the Costa Blanca. With a detailed tour and hands-on information from a local citizen. Easily get your Free Travel Guide now. Whether you like it or not - agree with it or despise it - bullfighting exists in Spain and is an important part of their history and culture. Just because we have written about bullfighting, it does NOT mean to say that we like it or agree with it. We are merely journalists, reporting on how it happens.

Extractions: Welcome News FAACE Campaigns ... Bullfighting A BRIEF HISTORY OF BULLFIGHTING THE ORIGINS Early bullfighting was carried out on horseback, to celebrate notable occasions, Royal weddings, military victories and religious solemnities. When the parliament of 815 met, bulls were killed, according to the Chronicle of Alphonso the Wise. An early instance, of which there is a documentary record, was in celebration of the coronation of Alphonso VII in 1135. The bull killing was held in Varea, Logrono, many famous knights took part. This bull spearing, almost in the form of a tourney or semi hunt, was an aristocratic diversion held infrequently and with no established norms. Over the centuries it transferred from the jousting field to public squares. During the eighteen century, it changed form and became the enjoyment of the common people. It is interesting to note that there are records of bull killings for entertainment in England at an equally early date. THE CHANGE TO BULLFIGHTING ON FOOT Bullfighting on foot came into popular practice in the 18th century. Bands of fighters from the lowest stratas of society killed bulls by wounding them, wherever they could, with swords, daggers, and knives.

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Extractions: GUADALIX DE LA SIERRA, Spain - Alcalde, a hulking black bull, is quite the stud. He sires up to 40 calves a year, most of them top-grade fighters, even though in human terms he'd be almost 80 years old and is nearing the end of his life. Victoriano del Rio, a fifth-generation breeder of fighting bulls, cringes at the thought of losing a creature with such good genes. So he is going to clone him â an unprecedented marriage of modern technology and the Spanish-speaking world's ancient, beloved pastime. "I am extremely fond of this bull," del Rio said at his ranch in this town outside Madrid, watching 16-year-old Alcalde graze with some of his latest offspring â mere toys next to their prolific, half-ton father. "He has given us tremendous satisfaction." Del Rio is not alone in the adventure. Rancher Jose Manuel Fernandez in Mexico plans to replicate Zalamero, another revered, aging bull that achieved the rare feat of dodging death in the ring: In 1994 Zalamero put up such a relentless fight one autumn day that judges spared his life. Since then Zalamero, too, has been a priceless stud.

Extractions: On Sunday afternoon, at about ten minutes before 4 PM local time, in bullrings all over Spain and Mexico, matadors kneel in arena chapels and pray to La Virgen de la Macarena to protect them. For precisely at 4 PM, a bugle will blow and they will go forth to meet their destiny. Moments later, a gate swings open and a two-thousand pound bull bred to kill comes charging in. The matadors stare either straight ahead or down at the dirt. Many continue to mouth silent prayers. Earlier, following the matadors and the banderillos, have come the picadors on padded horses, lances pointed skyward. As they draw close to the barrera , they all tip their hats to the dignitaries , then slide behind the shoulder-high protective barricades that shield them off from the arena itself. The matadors, their Trajes de Luces sparkling in the sun, confer with their managers while swinging their capes to test the wind. The banderilleros , who will be the first to test the bull, move to the opposite side of the ring and along with the senior matador, await the first bull. When the beast finally enters, the

Extractions: PhysOrg Account: Sign In Sign Up Published: 15:56 EST, March 05, 2008 Toolbox By DANIEL WOOLLS, Associated Press Writer The bull 'Alcalde' grazes in a field next to the town of Guadalix de la Sierra, Spain, on March 1, 2008. Alcalde will be cloned to preserve his good genes for breeding fighting bulls. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

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Extractions: By Giles Tremlett Cayetano Rivera Ord³±ez is using a ballpoint pen to explain how it feels to have a half-ton bull bury a horn in you. "If someone comes up to you with this now and sticks it into your leg all the way up to here, then that is going to hurt a lot," the Spanish bullfighter says, measuring out several inches. "But if it happens at a moment when the adrenaline is flowing, when you are fighting, then it is just not the same." This is Rivera's way of explaining his reaction when a bull sank six inches of horn into his right thigh in September. On that occasion, Rivera took off his bullfighter's black necktie and wrapped it tightly above the wound to make a tourniquet. He then went back to confront the bull. "There is a personal thing going with each particular bull â a connection between you," Rivera explains when we meet in Ronda, southern Spain. "I just wanted to finish what I had started."

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Extractions: Although Hemingway was an aficionado, he never ran with the bulls in Pamplona. When Hemingway saw his first bullfight in Pamplona in 1923, he brought his wife Hadley along because he hoped the event would have a positive influence on the unborn son she then carried. The sport certainly affected the budding writer. It became one of the reigning passions of his life. In 1937, Hemingway returned to cover the Spanish Civil War, translating his experiences into newspaper articles, a flurry of short stories, the 1938 play "The Fifth Column," and the 1940 novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls." Fiercely supporting the Loyalist cause, he overcame his fear of public speaking to deliver an anti-Franco speech at the Second American Writers' Congress. He also helped produce the propaganda film "Spanish Earth."

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